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The United Nations Convention against Corruption Academic Course

As part of its efforts to promote awareness of the principles of the UNCAC, UNODC has developed a full academic course on the Convention, looking at the issue of corruption from a local, national and global perspective. Given its holistic scope, the Convention offers an excellent tool for analysing the wide range of measures that governments need to take in order to address corruption effectively, from good governance and prevention measures to law enforcement and international cooperation. In a broader perspective, the course explores how international law is used to address complex social problems such as corruption.

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Course

This course would be of particular interest to student of business, public affairs, journalism law, international relations, politics and related subjects and could be taught as a two credit or three credit course for either undergraduate or graduate students. The course materials, bibliography and teaching guidance are all available to any interested institution, free of charge and could be used to expand the course to two semesters and to offer students an MA or LLM degree on Corruption.

Professors and academics are also encouraged to take the structure and content of this course and adopt it to their specific national context. This is a resource that has been designed flexibly so that teachers can select the parts of most relevance to their students.

Please note that a Russian language model course is currently under development

UNODC has already worked with a broad range of institutions to support the piloting of the course. Institutions that have delivered the course in full or in part to date include: American University, Washington School of Law, United StatesRenmin University, ChinaUniversity of Athens, GreeceUniversity of Sussex, Anti-Corruption Research Centre, United KingdomWashington and Lee School of Law, United StatesUniversity of Liberia, LiberiaUniversity of Belgrade, Serbia Universidad Santa María La Antigua of Panama in coordination with the Regional Anti-corruption Academy for Central America and the caribbean(ARAC)

Bringing universities together to deliver the UNCAC Course

In an innovative approach to the teaching of the course, UNODC worked with students from Washington and Lee University, United States and the University of Liberia to deliver the course via videoconference. This approach allowed students from countries with significantly different challenges to compare their experiences of corruption and consider the different forms of challenges faced by their respective countries in this regard. A UNODC official, based in Vienna, was also available each session to outline the relevant sections of the Convention for the thematic topic being addressed and to answer questions from students.

If you believe your institution may be interested in partnering with another academic institution in delivering the UNCAC Course, UNODC would be delighted to use its network of universities under the Anti-Corruption Academic Initiative to identify a suitable partner institution.

To support professors and academics in successfully delivering the UNCAC Course, UNODC is hosting a three-day workshop in August 2014 aimed at enhancing the capacity of participating professors and academics to deliver high-quality anti- corruption education in their respective institutions.

With the aim of supporting the development of stronger teaching capacity in the field of anti-corruption studies, the workshop will facilitate the exchange of academic expertise between professors with experience in the delivery of anti-corruption education and those who are interested in beginning to deliver courses in this field. This knowledge exchange will be structured around six core substantive sessions, with each session delivered by leading international experts. Specialized support will also be provided to those interested in using the United Nations Convention against Corruption Academic Course, as developed by UNODC, as a framework for their teaching in this field.

For further information in relation to this event please contact Mr. Ronan O'LAOIRE at ronan.olaoire@unodc.org.